Tamdhu 21 Year Old 1990 Old & Rare

Tamdhu 21 Year Old Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection.

Single cask sherry hogshead distilled 1990 and bottled February 2012. 200 numbered bottles.

Tamdhu

Tamdhu Distillery was founded in 1896, designed by Charles Doig and opened in 1897 in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region. Tamdhu Distillery was originally equipped with two stills which increased to four in 1972 and then six in 1975 in order to cope with the ever increasing demand for Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark blends of scotch to which Tamdhu was a major contributor. When the nearby railway station closed in 1965 the ticket office was subsequently converted into the Tamdhu Distillery visitor centre and the distillery became a founding member of the Speyside Whisky Trail. But the Tamdhu Distillery visitor centre closed and then Tamdhu Distillery itself in March 2010 and with it the last working Saladin malting boxes in Scotland. A year later and Ian Macleod Distillers purchased Tamdhu Distillery, and thus its working life is assured.

Sweetly Sherried – full of thick dark juicy fruited quality with molasses and a late barley gristiness all apparent on the nose.  Palatewise – anticipate those some raisin, grape, date and citric hues plus vanilla pods all running to a soft, subtle sugary/oaked finish.